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Gospel Baptist Tabernacle
781 Salem Road, Rossville, GA 30741
Where the Love of God
abounds, everyone is
welcome.
Children’s Church taught
by Paul and Marsha Davis
during preaching.
www.rossvillechurch.com
May 11, 2014
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1 Kings 2:28a Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had
turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after
Absalom.
Joab had been over the
host of Israel throughout
David’s reign.
He had stood with David when
Absalom tried to take the
throne; he killed Absalom.
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28b And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD,
and caught hold on the horns of the altar. 29 And it
was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the
tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the
altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
Joab thought he would be safe in the
Tabernacle, holding to the altar.
Wrong!
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Joab had been a great general over the
armies of Israel,
But he could not be trusted.
Loyalty is worth far more than skill.
No matter how much talent you have, you
must be faithful and dependable
and have a heart for the work.
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30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the
LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king,
Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here.
And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying,
Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me. 31 And
the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall
upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take
away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from
me, and from the house of my father.
Joab was a murderer.
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32 And the LORD shall return
his blood upon his own head,
who fell upon two men more
righteous and better than he,
and slew them with the
sword, my father David not
knowing thereof, to wit,
Abner the son of Ner, captain
of the host of Israel, and
Amasa the son of Jether,
captain of the host of Judah.
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33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head
of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but
upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his
house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace
forever from the LORD.
As long as the king of Israel did not perform justice
upon Joab and take his life for murder,
The blood of those men would be upon the king,
upon his house and his throne.
Abortions in the United States – the blood of these
infants is and will remain upon our nation.
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34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell
upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his
own house in the wilderness.
Justice
35 And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in
his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the
king put in the room of Abiathar.
Promotions
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36 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said
unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and
dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.
37 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and
passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for
certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be
upon thine own head.
Keep your friends close and
your enemies closer.
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38 And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is
good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy
servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many
days.
Empty promises
Kept until it became inconvenient
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39 And it came to pass at
the end of three years,
that two of the servants
of Shimei ran away unto
Achish son of Maachah
king of Gath. And they
told Shimei, saying,
Behold, thy servants be
in Gath.
What do you think he did?
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40 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went
to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei
went, and brought his servants from Gath. 41 And it
was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from
Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again. 42 And the
king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him,
Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and
protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on
the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any
whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst
unto me, The word that I have heard is good.
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43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the
LORD, and the commandment that I have charged
thee with? 44 The king said moreover to Shimei,
Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart
is privy to, that thou didst to David my father:
therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness
upon thine own head; 45 And king Solomon shall be
blessed, and the throne of David shall be
established before the LORD forever.
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46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that
he died. And the kingdom was established in the
hand of Solomon.
This was the last of the old enemies of David’s
kingdom. Solomon’s throne is secure.
There can be no peace until the enemy is defeated.
Our enemy is the devil with his temptations to sin.
Defeat him by resisting him.
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You can run, but you can’t hide.
Joab fled to the tabernacle, but Jehoiada killed him.
Psalm 139:7 (KJV) 7 Whither shall I go from Thy
Spirit? or whither shall I flee from Thy Presence?
Joab had been a great general over the armies
of Israel, but he could not be trusted.
Can you be trusted to remain faithful?
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Shimei promised to stay in Jerusalem, but only
three years later he left to get his slaves back.
Very often people treat God the same way.
Deuteronomy 23 21 When thou shalt vow a vow
unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay
it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of
thee; and it would be sin in thee.
Follow through!
